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Syrian city evacuations resume after pause

2017-04-22

The evacuation of Syrian civilians and fighters from four besieged towns, part of a Qatari-mediated swap deal between the warring sides, resumed on Friday after a two-day halt, regime media and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Five buses carrying rebels and their relatives from towns in Zabadani and surrounding areas near the capital Damascus left a transit point outside Aleppo city where they had been waiting to cross into rebel territory in Idlib province in the northwest, regime media said. Meanwhile, ten of the 45 buses carrying people from the rebel-encircled Shi’ite towns of al-Fua and Kefraya arrived in Aleppo city, which is under the control of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Thousands of evacuees from the two Shi’ite towns have been stranded for two days at a second nearby staging area outside Aleppo, where scores of people were killed on Saturday in a bomb attack on an evacuation convoy. Dozens of armed rebels were on Friday guarding the buses at Rashidin for fear of another attack. The Britain-based Observatory said the 48-hour suspension was due to rebel demands for the regime to free 750 prisoners as part of the agreement. The war monitor said it remained unclear if authorities had released the prisoners. Under the deal, thousands of rebels and civilians have been moved out of Zabadani and Madaya, which have long been under siege by pro-regime forces, mainly Lebanon’s “Hezbollah.” They departed for Idlib, bringing the two towns near Damascus under regime control. In exchange, thousands of civilians and pro-regime militants were moved out of al-Fua and Kefraya, besieged by rebel groups in Idlib. Asharq Al-Awsat has learned that Qatar accepted the mediation in order to secure the release of its abducted nationals in Iraq. The Qataris were kidnapped on December 16, 2015 from a desert hunting party in the province of Muthanna in Iraq. Update at 9:50 a.m. EDT from Al Ahram about the complexities of the negotiations, including the millions paid to various Sunni and Shiite terror groups involved. Two Iraqi officials— a government and another security official — confirmed details of the release to the AP. They said the handover had been delayed for several days in part because Iraqi officials did not want ransom money exchanged or negotiations for their release to happen on Iraqi soil. The three officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media. A person involved in the negotiations told the AP that 11 of the captives were members of the Al Thani family. He also said Qatar paid tens of millions of dollars to Shiite groups, and to the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee and Ahrar al-Sham, which are involved in the evacuation and transfer of detainees. Both groups were part of an armed opposition alliance that swept through Syria's Idlib province, seizing it from government control in 2015 and laying siege to the two pro-government villages. Speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, the negotiator said the Qatari group was being held by Iraqi Shiite militia Kata'eb Hezbollah. The group officially denies it was behind the kidnapping and no other group has publicly claimed responsibility for the abduction.

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At least 43 killed as car bomb hits Syria evacuees

2017-04-16

[DAWN] A suicide car kaboom on busses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns at least killed 43 people on Saturday, as US-backed fighters advanced in their push towards the bad boy Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group's Raqa stronghold. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast targeted busses carrying residents evacuated from the northern towns of Fuaa and Kafraya under a deal reached between the regime and bad boys. Bodies were still being recovered from the attack at a transit point in Rashidin, west of Aleppo, according to the Observatory. "The jacket wallah was driving a van supposedly carrying aid supplies and detonated near the busses," the monitoring group said. It said most of the dead were evacuees, but the blast also killed several snuffies who had been guarding the busses. Thousands of evacuees had been stuck on the road because of a disagreement over the number of snuffies allowed to leave two other towns included in the deal. The evacuation resumed following the blast, the Observatory said. AFP's news hound in bad boy-held Rashidin saw several bodies, body parts and blood scattered on the ground. The bombing took place as thousands of evacuees from Fuaa and Kafraya waited to continue their journey to regime-controlled Aleppo, the coastal province of Latakia, or Damascus.

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Fighting continues near Damascus

2017-01-06

BEIRUT, Lebanon: Syrian pro-government forces clashed with opposition forces around the main water source for Damascus on Thursday, a monitor said, threatening a fragile cease-fire as it entered its seventh day. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said regime troops backed by fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement were battling to recapture parts of the Wadi Barada region from rebels. The area north of Damascus is the main source of water to the capital. The Observatory, a Britain-based monitor of Syria’s conflict, said regime forces had late on Wednesday launched “dozens of air strikes on parts of Wadi Barada along with artillery and rocket fire, killing a firefighter.” Fighting has continued in the area despite a nationwide cease-fire brokered by regime backer Russia and opposition sponsor Turkey, which has brought quiet to large parts of Syria. The regime says forces in Wadi Barada include former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh Al-Sham Front, previously known as Al-Nusra Front, which Moscow and Damascus say is excluded from the cease-fire. Opposition forces deny the group is in the area. The capital’s water supply has been cut since December 22, with the regime and rebels trading accusations over responsibility. Regime forces late Wednesday also bombed several parts of opposition-held Eastern Ghouta near Damascus, while regime and loyalist forces battled Islamist militants there, the Observatory said. The opposition-controlled Rashidin district on the western outskirts of Aleppo was also bombed, it said, killing a rebel fighter and wounding eight others. The cease-fire agreement is meant to pave the way for peace negotiations later this month in the Kazakh capital Astana, but Ankara warned on Wednesday that violations of the truce by President Bashar Assad’s government were putting the talks at risk. From al-Manar: Hundreds surrender in Damascus countryside In the context of the local reconciliations in Damascus countryside, the legal conditions of hundreds of gunmen were settled after they turned themselves in to the Syrian authorities. In parallel, the Syrian army continued counterterrorism operations in various provinces, killing a number of militants and destroying their vehicles as well as equipment. Source: Al-Manar Website

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Jihadists Launch Offensive to Ease Aleppo Siege

2016-08-02

[AnNahar] Jihadist forces allied to rebels attacked regime forces south and southwest of Aleppo Sunday in a bid to ease the siege of Syria's second city, rebels and a monitor said. Since July 17, Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now... 's forces have surrounded rebel-held districts of Aleppo city, one of the main front lines in the conflict ravaging the country since 2011. Loyalists forces cut the Castello Road, the main supply line into rebel-held neighborhoods in the north of the city. Now snuffies have attacked from the south, a region divided between loyalists backed by Iranian fighters and Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... on the one hand, and Syrian and foreign jihadists allied with rebel groups on the other. On Sunday, Islamist groups such as the influential Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... and jihadists including from the former al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front -- rebranded Jabhat Fateh al-Sham after breaking from al-Qaeda -- said they had begun a battle to try to reopen a new supply route. Fateh al-Sham launched two car kabooms against regime positions in suburban Rashidin in southwestern Aleppo and fighting also raged in the early evening, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said. Three children were among 11 civilians killed in rebel rocket attacks launched from Rashidin on the government-controlled district of Hamdaniyeh in western Aleppo, the Observatory said. Other attacks focused on southern parts of the city towards the regime-controlled suburb of Ramussa, the Britannia-based monitor reported. "It will be a long and difficult battle," said Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman. "The army is supported by a large number of Iranians and fighters from Hizbullah, not to mention the Russian planes." Forces from Leb's Shiite group have been fighting alongside Assad's men in Syria for years, and Russia at the end of September last year began a campaign of air strikes in support of loyalist fighters. In Aleppo city itself, regime forces bombarded rebel-held districts Sunday despite the announcement by Damascus and Moscow of humanitarian corridors to allow civilians and rebels ready to surrender to leave. On Saturday, government media reported that dozens of civilians and rebels had left besieged eastern Aleppo through humanitarian corridors, but residents there and rebels dismissed the claims as "lies." Elsewhere, at least nine non-combatants were killed Sunday in an air strike that hit a makeshift hospital at Jassem in the southern province of Daraa. The International Rescue Committee, which supported the facility, called on the U.N. Security Council "to act in defense of the most basic principles of the U.N." "The bombing of hospitals is never justified. All those involved must be held to account," said IRC chief David Miliband in a statement.

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Syrian Army Regains More Areas in Lattakia & Aleppo, Crushes Terrorists

2016-02-21

[ALMANAR.LB] The Syrian Arab Army went ahead Saturday in its crackdown against Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... bully boyz organizations in different Syrian regions, destroying their positions and dens. Lattakia The army restored security and stability to two villages and a number of strategic points in the northern countryside of Lattakia, a military source said on Saturday. The two villages are Ain al-Qantara and Mahshaba, which are located in the surroundings of the strategic Kensabba town that came under the army's control two days ago. Other areas including Rweiset al-Kitf, Rweiset Taloukshi and Rweiset Wata al-Sindianeh and a number of strategic points are now in the army's hands. The source told SANA that the operations in those areas were carried out in cooperation between the army units and the popular defense groups and were preceded by intensive firing at the terrorists' remaining positions. Later, the bombs and mines planted by the bully boyz were removed. The army's air force then continued Arclight airstrikes in the surrounding areas, destroying al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front (Qaeda branch in the Levant) sites in Kebaneh village near Kensabba town. Aleppo Army units restore security and stability to villages of Treikiyeh, al- Zaalaneh, Balat and Tal Alam and forced ISIL bully boyz out of the Thermal Power Station and the surrounding areas in the eastern countryside of Aleppo. Earlier, several positions and vehicles for ISIL bully boyz were destroyed in army Arclight airstrikes in the villages and towns of Maskaneh, al-Shimawiyeh and al-Madiouneh and in al-Bab city in the eastern and northeastern countryside of Aleppo. In the meantime, army units inflicted losses upon al-Nusra bully boyz in Fah and Souran villages in the northern countryside. Army operations in the southwestern and western countryside resulted in destroying fortifications of bully boyz in the villages of al-Buwabiyeh, Shuweihneh and Abu Shailam. In Aleppo city, several vehicles and mortar launchers for the bully boyz were destroyed in al-Rashidin and al-Lairamoun areas. Homs The army's air force conducted a series of sorties targeted positions of ISIL and al-Nusra bully boyz in the countryside of Homs during the past 24 hours. Several ISIS sites and vehicles transporting bully boyz were hit in the surroundings of al-Qaryatain city and to the south of al-Mahasseh area in the southeastern countryside of the province, according to the military source. ISIL bully boyz in al-Buseiri area, located on Palmyra international highway, also suffered heavy losses in the Arclight airstrikes. Gatherings of al-Nusra bully boyz were targeted by the air force in the villages of Teir Maala, al-Jassemiyeh and al-Ghajar and Talbiseh town in the northern countryside of Homs. Idleb/Hama A site and a vehicle for "Jund al-Aqsa" terrorist organization, which pledged allegiance to ISIL, were hit in army Arclight airstrikes in al-Tamaneh town in the southern countryside of Idleb. Five bad boyz were potted and 11 others were maimed as a result, a military source told SANA on Saturday. Gatherings of bully boyz and several of their vehicles were also targeted in Kafr Sinjeh in the same countryside. The army's air force also targeted a gathering of vehicles for Jaish al-Fatah bully boyz in Abu al-Duhour area in the east southern countryside of Idleb. The vehicles were destroyed in the Arclight airstrikes, according to the source. In the northern countryside of the neighboring Hama province, the air force hit gatherings of bully boyz from al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... Islamic Movement in Kafr Zita town. 35 bully boyz from Jaish al-Fatah were killed in army Arclight airstrikes on their hideouts in al-Latamneh, Atshan and Hur Bnafso. Terrorists from al-Nusra operating in Hur Bnafso, al-Rawdeh and Talaf villages in the southern countryside suffered heavy losses in army Arclight airstrikes. The terrorist organizations acknowledged on their social media pages the death of what they identify as the leader of the central force of Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement who is named Sulaiman Adel Shanat. Quneitera/Daraa The Takfiri terrorist organizations acknowledged on their pages on the social networking websites that 18 of their members were killed in the countryside of Quneitra and Daraa over the past three days including a number of their leaders. Damascus countryside The army's air force intensified strikes against positions of Jaish al-Islam ...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful... bully boyz in Eastern Gouta in Damascus countryside during the past few hours. The source stressed that a number of sites and vehicles transporting bully boyz and carrying weapons were destroyed in the towns of Bait Nayem and Otaiya, located in al-Nashabiyeh area in Douma. Deir Ezzor The army's air force targeted in sorties, conducted during the past 24 hours, positions and movements of ISIL bully boyz in al-Mrei'iyeh village in eastern Deir Ezzor. The source confirmed to SANA that a number of sites and vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns were destroyed in the Arclight airstrikes, in addition to the death of many terrorists.

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Syrian Army Controls Two More Villages in Aleppo Eastern Countryside

2016-01-16

[ALMANAR.LB] The Syrian army's intensified operations against terrorist organizations have resulted in achieving more advances in various areas, establishing control over more areas in Aleppo eastern countryside. Aleppo Army units established control over al-Abboudiyeh village, to the southeast of Ein al-Bayda village, and al-Ajouziyeh village in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, sources on the ground told SANA on Wednesday. Meanwhile, ...back at the cheese factory, all the pieces finally fell together in Fluffy's mind... army Units targeted hideouts and gatherings of ISIL holy warriors in al-Bab, Arran, Tal Beijan, Qiter, al-Mifilseh and Wadiaa in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province. The army's operations resulted in destroying vehicles and sites, in addition to heavy and medium weapons. The army also inflicted heavy losses upon holy warriors in al-Mansoura village and Khirbet Hazmar in the western countryside of the province. In Aleppo city, a number of bad boyz were potted and their weapons and ammunition were destroyed during army operations in the neighborhoods of al-Ameriyeh, al-Rashidin, al-Khalediyeh, al-Lairamoun, al-Kastello and Bani Zaid. An army unit destroyed arms and weapons for al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... holy warriors in al-Ameriyeh, located on the southeastern outskirts of Aleppo city. Daraa In southern Syria, an army unit destroyed a vehicle for al-Nusra (Qaeda Branch in the Levant) holy warriors west of al-Bajabjeh quarter in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in Daraa city. A number of bad boyz were potted and their arms and weapons were destroyed.

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Syrian Army Inflicts more Losses upon ISIL Terrorists in Aleppo

2015-12-25

[ALMANAR.LB] More of the terrorists' hideouts and vehicles are getting destroyed as the army units targeted their positions and sites in various areas across the country, state-run SANA news agency reported. In Aleppo, army units destroyed targeted positions of the so-called 'Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... group in the villages of Sharbaa, Rasm al-Kabir and Rasm al-Kama in the eastern countryside of the province. A military source told SANA that hideouts and vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns were destroyed in the operations. More vehicles for ISIL faceless myrmidons were destroyed in al-Bab city, 38 km northeast of Aleppo city, and in the surroundings of al-Nairab Airport, 10 km east of the city. Al-Nusra Front-linked faceless myrmidons had some of their centers hit and destroyed by the army units in Orum al-Kubra and al-Zirbeh villages in western and southwestern Aleppo. In the northwestern countryside, an army unit directly hit gatherings of faceless myrmidons in Hreitan town, leaving many of them dead and destroying their weapons and vehicles. Sites of al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... faceless myrmidons were targeted in the neighborhoods of al-Lairamoun, Bani Zaid, al-Sakhour, al-Sheikh Khodr and al-Rashidin in Aleppo city.

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Russian-Syrian Airstrikes Crush More Terrorists in Various Provinces

2015-12-08

[ALMANAR.LB] The Syrian Air Force and the Russian Air Force continued launching strikes against terrorist targets in various areas, destroying command centers and vehicles for the terrorist organizations. Damascus countryside An army unit carried out concentrated operations against the dens of terrorist organizations in Maraj al-Sultan axis deep into Eastern Ghouta, establishing control over new areas in parallel with the advance of an army unit in the western part of Maraj al-Sultan village in Damascus Countryside. The operations also targeted terrorists' fortified positions and centers in Jisrin and Kafr Batna villages, killing at least 4 snuffies including Khaled Makawi and Hasan al-Khatib. In Douma area, field sources said that an army unit targeted points of Jaish al-Islam ...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful... in Alyia Farms, al-Hajaria, Karm al-Rasas and al-Makasir Road, killing at least 7 snuffies including Suhaib Anjila, Subhi al-Mashout and Tawfik al-Hansh. The sources added that army's operations against terrorists' hideouts in Erbin town resulted in the death of Mohammed Zaghloul, Ehsan Krnba and Moaid Arbina in addition to the destruction of their vehicles with all the weapons and ammunition inside. Terrorist organizations acknowledged on their pages on social media sites the death of the leader of a terrorist group affiliated to the "Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union", the terrorist Salaheddin al-Slik and the terrorist Mahmoud al-Klas, a prominent sniper of Jaish al-Islam along with 4 other terrorists. Hama/Idleb At least 55 snuffies from ISIL and the so-called Jaish "al-Islam" terrorist organizations were killed in the army operations and Syrian and Russian Arclight airstrikes in the countryside of Hama and Idleb provinces. The Syrian and Russian air forces targeted positions of snuffies in Kafr Zeita, 35 km north of Hama city, killing 17 of them and destroying one of their command centers, a military source told SANA on Sunday. An anti-tank missile launching pad was destroyed to the west of al-Dahret al-Aliyeh and a center and two vehicles for the so-called Jund al-Aqsa snuffies was destroyed in al-Latamneh and 10 bad boyz were potted in the Arclight airstrikes. Gatherings of al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front snuffies were eliminated in Lahaya al-Sharqiyeh village in the northern countryside of Hama province. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact... field sources confirmed the death of the terrorist Abdul Kareem al-Zein, along with a number of his group were killed in artillery firing on their movements in the vicinity of al-Latamneh town. In the eastern countryside of Hama, several positions and vehicles for ISIL were destroyed in Syrian Arclight airstrikes to the east of Atherya and Jub al-Rabe'. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact... in Idleb countryside, al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations suffered heavy losses in Syrian and Russia Arclight airstrikes against their positions in Khan Sheikhoun, where vehicles equipped with various machineguns were destroyed. Army units targeted gatherings of snuffies in al-Bsheiriyeh village and Jisr al-Shughour city, killing 7 snuffies from Chechnya and Uzbekistan. A leader within al-Nusra named Ahmad Khaled al-Anan and ten members of his group were also killed in the operations, according to field Sources. The sources confirmed that two vehicles loaded with arms and ammunition were destroyed in army operations in al-Hbeit village and that 11 bad boyz were potted, including the leader within "Ahrar al-Sham ...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014... Movement" who is named Mohammad Abdul Rahman Khattab. Aleppo The army's air force launched over the past 24 hours Arclight airstrikes on ISIL positions in the villages of Beijan, Rasm al-Kabir, Rasm al-Harmal and Hmeimeh Kabira in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province. Gatherings of snuffies and centers with vehicles equipped with machine guns were hit in the Arclight airstrikes. In the same countryside, the army units continued operations against ISIL sites and hideouts in the villages of Rasm al-Abd, Rasm al-Kama, Huweijineh, Sharbae, Qseir al-Ward, Ein al-Beida, Rasm al-Alam, Jib al-Safa, Shweilikh and Tal Ayoub. Positions and vehicles for al-Nusra were hit in the villages and towns of Rasm Sahrij, Jarrouf, Kafr Haddad, Zityat, al-Mkahaleh and al-Zirbeh in Aleppo southern countryside and in al-Mansoura village in the western countryside. The army operations also targeted terrorists' hideouts and fortified sites in al-Ziyareh and Khalediyeh villages in the northern countryside. Army units targeted gatherings of snuffies and destroyed their hideouts in the vicinity of al-Nairab airport on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo city. In Aleppo city, terrorist sites were targeted in the neighborhoods of al-Sheikh Mqsoud, al-Lairamoun, al-Rashidin and Bani Zaid. Homs The Syrian Air Force carried out air strikes against dens and positions of ISIL snuffies in al-Qariyatain city 85 kilometers to the southeast of Homs. A military source said in a statement to SANA that the air strikes targeted terrorists' hotbeds and dens, inflicting heavy losses upon snuffies in personnel, munitions and vehicles, some of which equipped with machine guns. Daraa An army unit established control over some building blocks to the south west of al-Manshiyeh neighborhood in Daraa al-Balad after eliminating al-Nusra snuffies who were fortified inside it. An army unit carried out an accurate operation which ended by establishing control over 14 buildings to the south west of al-Manshiyeh neighborhood in Daraa al-Balad. A number of al-Nusra Front (Qaeda branch in the Levant) snuffies and other terrorist organizations were killed along with their arms and ammunition which were destroyed during the operation. The army inflicted a new defeat upon terrorist organizations in Daraa countryside, the latest of which was on the outskirts of Jediyeh town 65 kilometers to the north west of Daraa city. Terrorist organizations tried to storm the town from many directions, but the Syrian army defeated them and killed a number of snuffies while others fled away, leaving the bodies of their dead, arms and munitions behind. Field commanders of army units asserted that this was the fifth attack that targeted the town during 2015, noting that heroes of the army always achieved victory and defended the town which is the first defense line of the area and the international highway. Field commanders said that the Israeli occupation hands were clear in this terrorist attack since snuffies infiltrated from the axis of al-Jdeireh , and Salmeen- Zamreen axis, Salmeen- Inkhel axis to the surroundings of the town under a cover of fire from al-Mal hill and Tal al-Harra area eight kilometers far from the town where al-Nusra snuffies are fortified and work with direct coordination of the Israeli entity. Terrorists tried to make gaps in the advanced defenses of the army by intensively the use of rocket launchers, but the army foiled the attacks and inflicted heavy losses upon terrorists. Defeated terrorist organizations acknowledged on their social media pages scores of names of their dead. The terrorist attack on Jediyeh town coincided with firing scores of shells on Qeita village near the town causing material damage to buildings and properties and killing a number of locals, according to local sources in the village. Terrorist groups affiliated to al-Nusra are active in the villages near Jediyeh town including the so-called Mujahidee Huran, al-Fateh al-Mubeen brigade, Usod al-Islam brigade, Tawheed Kaataeb Huran brigade, al-Murabiteen brigade and Jaidour Huran brigade.

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Sy. Army & Allies Regain Nasrallah Village in Aleppo, Destroy ISIL Oil Tankers

2015-12-06

[ALMANAR.LB] More hideouts and positions for the terrorist organizations are being targeted by the army units and the Syrian Air Force, with many Lions of Islam getting killed and their weapons and equipment destroyed. Aleppo The Syrian army and allies managed on Friday to advance in Aleppo eastern countryside, regaining control over Nasrallah village which lies to the east of Kuwayris airport. Army units destroyed vehicles, equipment and weapons for ISIL terrorist organization in Um Zalila and Tal Ayoub, 40 km east of Aleppo, a military source told SANA on Friday. Other army units killed and injured all members of a terrorist group and destroyed their arms in Khalsa village in the southwestern countryside of Aleppo province. An army unit targeted hideouts and movements of Lions of Islam in Hreitan town, 10 km northwest of Aleppo city, on the road leading to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , destroying a number of vehicles, some of which equipped with heavy machineguns. The Syrian army's air force carried out sorties against the sites and movements of ISIL in Deir Hafir and the villages of Shoirikh, Rasm al-Harmal, Jorouf and north of Rasm al-Koroum in the eastern countryside of Aleppo. Oil tankers belonging to ISIL were destroyed during the sorties in addition to many vehicles and dens along with all weapons and ammunition inside them. The army carried out intensive operations on hideouts and positions for al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... and other terrorist organizations in the neighborhoods of al-Rashidin, al-Lairamoun, al-Zahraa and Bani Zaid in Aleppo city, killing many Lions of Islam and destroying a number of their mortar launchers, arms and ammunition. Latakia The army established control over Rawbasa al-Hamida and Katf al-Zyara in Kanabsa in Latakia's north-eastern countryside. Scores of bad boyz were potted in the process and their weaponry and vehicles were destroyed. Daraa In southern Syria, an army unit clashed with members of al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations and destroyed a hideout, arms and weapons near Busra Square in Daraa al-Mahatta area in Daraa city. A gathering of Lions of Islam was targeted and their ammunition and arms were destroyed in an army operation in al-Nazihin Camp in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in the city. Homs The army's air force destroyed positions and gatherings of ISIL Lions of Islam in al-Sukhneh, the area surrounding Palmyra, al-Sawaneh and Khneifis in the countryside of Homs province. Hama The Syrian Air Force launched Arclight airstrikes against terrorist's gatherings and fortified positions in Morek town to the north of Hama city. The dens and positions of "Jabhat al-Nusra" were destroyed during the Arclight airstrikes. The Army's Arclight airstrikes also targeted the supply routes and movements of the so called "Jaish al-Fateh" in Skiek town, destroying their vehicles along with all Lions of Islam and weapons inside them. Army units carried out operations against the positions of "Jund al-Aqsa" in Latmin and al-Latamina in Hama. During the operations, 13 bad boyz were potted, including Ali Mansour, Ahmad Abdul-Karim al-Najib and Khaled al-Awz. 11 Lions of Islam were during army's Arclight airstrikes in Morek, including the Turkish terrorist Abdul-Kader Abu Yusef in addition to destroying 7 of their vehicles. Idleb An Army unit targeted a site of the so called "Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union" near al-Salam checkpoint in the southern countryside of Idleb, killing 6 terrorists. Another army unit destroyed a bulldozer and a terrorists' position with 7 of al-Nusra terrorists, who were inside it, to the southwest of Ihsim. The Army destroyed a weapons cache in Saraqib city and killed more than 10 terrorists.

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Syrian Army Continue Advancing in Aleppo Countryside

2015-10-21

[ALMANAR.LB] Syrian Army units established full control over Tal Sabe'en village and the area surrounding it in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province and over al-Safeira in Aleppo's southern countryside. Earlier, an army unit killed all 20 members of a terrorist group in Kaferkar village in the southeastern countryside of Aleppo province, a military source said. Another army unit, the source added, killed a number of bully boyz and destroyed their weapons and ammunition in al-Sheikh Lutfi village on the southeastern outskirts of Aleppo city. The army units, in cooperation with the popular defense groups, carried out operations against terrorists' dens and positions to the east of al-Safeira, Tal Alam, Tal al-Sous, al-Amara and Deir Hafer, leaving many bully boyz dead and their vehicles destroyed. In the western countryside of Aleppo, an army unit left all members of a terrorist group dead or injured as it targeted it in al-Mansoura village to the west of Aleppo city, SANA reported. A number of vehicles for al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... bully boyz were destroyed in Tal Rifaat and Maarata in northern Aleppo. The army units targeted in direct hits against hideouts and gatherings of al-Nusra bully boyz in al-Ameriyeh, al-Rashidin and Karm al-Jabal neighborhoods in Aleppo city, inflicting heavy losses upon them. A terrorists' hideout in Nazlit al-Zibdiyeh and a locally-made cannon (nicknamed hell cannon) in al-Mash'had neighborhood in Aleppo city were destroyed.

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Syrian Army Strikes Militant Groups across Country

2015-07-20

[ALMANAR.LB] Syrian Army units killed increasing numbers of murderous Moslems as they continued operations in various areas, foiling several infiltration attempts. Aleppo In the northern Aleppo province, an army unit killed all members of a terrorist group that attempted to infiltrate from al-Khabieh market into al-Sweiqeh area in Old Aleppo in the city. Army units also targeted terrorists' positions in several neighborhoods in Aleppo city, inflicting losses and casualties in their ranks. The operations took place in the neighborhoods of Bani Zaid, al-Rashidin, al-Sukkari, Bab al-Nairab, al-Salihin, al-Jazmati roundabout and al-Lairamoun. The military source also confirmed that gatherings and movements of al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... murderous Moslems were targeted in the towns of Bianoun, Hayan and Ritian and in Hreitan city and Qal'et Najm village in the northern countryside of Aleppo province. Several terrorists' hideouts and some vehicles equipped with machine guns were destroyed during army operations in the towns of Maer and Kafr Hamra and in Daret Ezza city in the northwestern countryside. Army units also eliminated gatherings of ISIL murderous Moslems in the surroundings of the Air Force Academy, located on the highway leading to the northeastern Raqqa province. Idleb In the neighboring Idleb province, the army air force targeted gatherings of murderous Moslems and destroyed their vehicles that were equipped with heavy machineguns in Abu al-Duhour town and the villages of Um Jerin, al-Mjass, Qare' al-Ghazal and al-Tur'a in the eastern countryside of the northern Idleb province, a military source told SANA on Sunday. In the southwestern countryside of Idleb province, the army air force hit gatherings of murderous Moslems and targeted their movements in the villages of Bzeit, Jannet al-Qura and Taoum to the southeast of Jisr al-Shughour city. Tens of the terrorists' vehicles with all arms, ammunitions and equipment onboard were destroyed. Quneitra In southern Syria, An army unit killed a number of al-Nusra murderous Moslems and destroyed their arms in a special operation targeting their dens in the villages of Ufania and Abu Shattah near Jabata al-Khashab in the northern countryside of Quneitra province. Another army unit targeted terrorists' hideouts in Um Batina village, 6km to the east of Quneitra city, inflicting heavy losses upon the murderous Moslems in personnel and equipment. Homs The army air force targeted in a series of strikes hideouts of ISIL murderous Moslems in Palmyra city and in the areas of Bir Abu Tawala, Rasm al-Tawil, al-Kadim, Marhajan, al-Bardeh, to the north of Wadi Abiyad dam, Shiha, Buraq al-Nashmi and to the north of Tal Nashma in Palmyra countryside in Homs province. Many ISIL bad boyz were potted and their vehicles, which were equipped with machineguns, were destroyed in the air strikes. Army units inflicted casualties upon ISIL murderous Moslems and losses upon their vehicles as they targeted their positions at the municipality's building and in the vicinity of the Justice Palace's building in Palmyra city. The army air force also targeted hideouts and movements of ISIL murderous Moslems to the north of al-Shaer and Jazal oil fields, destroying vehicles equipped with machineguns and killing many terrorists. More ISIL bad boyz were potted and their vehicles were destroyed in air strikes on their hideouts and gatherings in al-Shindakhiyeh al-Janoubiyeh, 70 km to the east of Homs. Latakia Many bad boyz were potted and their vehicles were destroyed in army air strikes that targeted their positions in Jeb al-Ahmar and Kabani in the northern countryside of Latakia province. Hasaka In the northeastern Hasaka province, an army unit clashed with ISIL murderous Moslems positioned in building blocks near the cemetery in the southeastern side of Ghweiran neighborhood in Hasaka city. Field sources told SANA that the festivities left a number of murderous Moslems killed, while the rest were hemmed in separate sites in the surroundings of the cemetery. Sporadic festivities also break out between the army units and the national backup forces on one hand and ISIL murderous Moslems on the other on the outskirts of the neighborhoods of al-Nashwa al-Gharbiyeh and al-Nashwa Villat and the youth housing compound. The murderous Moslems suffered casualties during the festivities, according to the sources.

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Syrian Army Establishes Control over Hasaka, near Palmyra

2015-07-09

[ALMANAR.LB] Army operations, involving air strikes, continued on Wednesday, targeting terrorists' positions across the country and inflicting heavy casualties upon them, state-run SANA news agency reported. In Hasaka, SANA news hound in Hasaka said Wednesday the army units, in cooperation with the Internal Security forces and the national backup forces, established full control over al-Lailiyeh neighborhood in Hasaka city after destroying the last hideouts of so-called 'Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... group in the area. The army air force killed a number of murderous Moslems and destroyed vehicles equipped with machine guns in air strikes against their movements in al-Arisheh town and al-Shaddadi city in the southern countryside of the northeastern province of Hasaka. The army units destroyed ISIL positions in the surroundings of Ghweiran neighborhood and al-Villat on the southern outskirts of Hasaka city. In Homs, the Syrian Arab Army on Wednesday eliminated the last remaining gatherings of ISIL murderous Moslems in areas and positions in the surroundings of Palmyra city in the eastern countryside of Homs province. Army units established full control over Nazl Hayyal, al-Qadiri farm, and Thaniet al-Rajma to the west of Palmyra city after intensive precise operations against ISIL concentrations which resulted in the death of scores of terrorists. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, Bart was wondering if fisticuffs would be appropriate at this point... local sources told SANA news hound that operations resulted in killing 35 murderous Moslems from ISIL, in addition to injuring at least 90 murderous Moslems and destroying dens used by the organization's leaders, along with dozens of vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns that were trying to reach combat zones to evacuate injured terrorists. The Army Air force also carried out intensive Arclight airstrikes on dens and movements of ISIL murderous Moslems in the surroundings of al-Heer Palace, Palmyra city, and its surroundings, killing a number of murderous Moslems and destroying their arms and ammunition. Army units launched strikes against terrorists' dens in al-Habra al-Gharbieh village in Homs eastern countryside, destroying armored vehicles and machinegun-equipped cars and killing a number of terrorists. In Homs northwestern countryside, an army unit killed al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front murderous Moslems and destroyed their weapons in Kafr Laha in al-Houla area. In the neighboring Hama province, dozens of bad boyz were potted and their vehicles were destroyed in army air strikes on their gatherings in al-Latamneh, Atshan and al-Hweijeh in the countryside of the province. In Daraa, army units carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday morning intensive operations against dens of murderous Moslems in al-Mukhiyam park and on al-Sad road in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in the city, according to the military source. The operations left many murderous Moslems killed and their arms and ammunition destroyed. Another army unit repelled an attack by terrorist groups on military posts in separate areas in Daraa city, killing a number of them and injuring others. In Idleb in northern Syria, the army air force carried out a number of air strikes against positions of the terrorist organizations and their movements in the villages of Bishlamoun, al-Bsheiriyeh and in Jisr al-Shughour city in the countryside of the province. A number of bad boyz were potted in air strikes and several their machinegun-equipped vehicles were destroyed. A large number of murderous Moslems were also killed, most of them from al-Nusra Front, and their vehicles were destroyed in air strikes against their positions to the north and south of Abu al-Duhour airport and to the north of Khsheir village and Abu al-Duhour town. A series of army air strikes left many murderous Moslems killed in the town of al-Tamani'eh and in the villages of Madaya, Kinsafra and Shnan in the southern countryside of the province. In Aleppo, army units killed several murderous Moslems near the Air Force Academy, al-Laiyramoun, Khan al-Assal, Kafr Hamra, Karm Mayser, al-Shiekh Lutfi, al-Maadi, al-Marjeh, Bustan al-Basha, al-Sakhour, Hreitan and Salaheddin areas in Aleppo and its countryside. Earlier, units of the army killed scores of terrorists, most of them from al-Nusra Front, and destroyed a number of their machinegun-equipped vehicles in the surroundings of the Scientific Research Center and al-Mansoura village, 10 km to the west of Aleppo City in the northern Aleppo Province. An army unit carried out precise operations against dens and positions of the Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed... organizations in Kwaires town and its surroundings in the eastern countryside of the province. A number of bad boyz were potted in the operations and their arms, ammunition, equipment and vehicles were destroyed. Units of the armed forces also destroyed positions of the ISIL murderous Moslems on the International Road leading to Raqqa. Another army unit killed all members of a terrorist group who were trying to infiltrate towards al-Zahra'a in the western outskirts of Aleppo and destroyed their arms and ammunition. Another army unit launched strikes against dens and intercepted the movements of terrorist organizations in Maaret al-Artiq in Jabal Samaan area, Hraitan and Kafar Hamra to the north and northwest of Aleppo, killing a number of terrorists, injuring others and destroying vehicles, some of which equipped with machine guns. Army units destroyed ISIL gatherings in al-Twaihna village southeast of Khanaser town. A number of al-Nusra bad boyz were potted and others were maimed in Karam al-Jazmati, Bani Zaid, al-Saliheen, al-Kallasa, al-Laiyramoun, al-Na'anae, al-Zahra'a neighborhoods and Karam al-Tarrab area between al-Miyasar and al-Jazmati neighborhoods. A number of al-Nusra terrorist operatives were also killed and others injured in the neighborhoods of al-Jazmati, Bab al-Nairab and al-Rashidin in Aleppo city. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, Bart was wondering if fisticuffs would be appropriate at this point... Takfiri terrorist organizations admitted on their social networking websites that they suffered heavy losses and scores of their members were killed, including one of the field leaders of the so-called "Jund al-Islam" (army of Islam).

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